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Show 'male i( a track on which nnt: may ullKht, but ho lar tho members do uot Bi-cm to have done so. Tho removal of certain objectionable trees and a few other changes are promised, how- evorW "(l we deride that tlie emirne aa finally prepared Is not according t the rules, not a Frenchman, will start in tho race-and what Is more, If the race Is run. we will immediately protest pro-test Its locality under these rules." WRIGHT'S NLW RACING FLIER New York, Oct, 2C Today's pro-giam pro-giam at the Belmont Park aviation ! meet wa-s by fnr the most ambitious attempted thus far, and with fair weather promises to attract a record-breaking record-breaking crowd. Interest centered in tlie beginning of the Gordon Bennett elimination heat for the International speed cup. It was the success of an American, Glenn H. Curtlss, in winning win-ning the prize at Rhelins, France, last year, which brought l America tlie present international tournament. At the same time, the aviators were invited to turn out for their first trial for the Micbelin cup and Scientific American trophy, which will be won by the lller who stays longest in the air without alighting. All the American airmen had crews o mechanicians at work throughout the night, pitting their machines in the best possible condition for the elimination trials for the American team in the Gordon Bennett race. The new Wright raclne flier, which received a In out yesterday, w as the center of interest todu,- among the early arrivals at the course. its Impromptu exhibition at twilight .Mstcrday, although not officially timed, was generally credited with ex celling in speed an thing that had preceded it In the tournament. Un-ofllcial Un-ofllcial timers credited ihe lithe little ll'er with a speed of C5 to T miles an hour, The new plane, known colloquially on the Held as th "Wright baby grand." has a serial 125 square feet of plane surface and an eight-cylinder luoior. developing '"'U-Tu horsepower. Orville Wiight declares coniplacent-K coniplacent-K that he has no fear ef the mono planes. "The monoplane Is a thing of beauty." he said, "but it lacks strength. It can ncsor be made ar: firm and reliable as a biplane. The single plane always will be a weak-nets weak-nets that will make advance beyond a certain point impossible The day of the biplane has not passed, as some suppose." A settlement of the differences between be-tween the French aviators and the management of ih internallon.il meet at Belmont park, regarding the course of the competition for the international in-ternational aviation trophy, is exported export-ed shortly as the result of thu arrival here from Quebec of Pie-rre Gasnler of Paris, cfflcl.il delegate of the Aero club of France In a statement issued on his arrival, the French delegate .f aid "I have full authority from the Aero elub of France, and if the co -rse is not up to tlie regulations the race will net he run At present the course cannot be said to be according to the rules. The committee snys it will |
